# Ryan TV
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 1, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841 "2007-11-01T07:01:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841/1 "2007-11-01T07:01:52Z")
So, I keep seeing this commercial for this show called Ryan TV. And it appears to be a TV show about some comedian who is good at doing impersonations. Now, I agree that it doesn’t have to be such a bad idea. But this guy doesn’t really seem to grasp what exactly it is that makes impressions funny. He simply does them too literally. He doesn’t do a Daryl Hammond, or Dana Carvey, or Phil Hartman. Those guys took the most recognizable traits of their characters and magnified them. Almost like a personified caricature. Only the recognizable bits are brought out. But this guy is trying to sell a sitcom on how he can do an accurate Bush or DeNiro? That’s not funny. I don’t want to see that crap all the time?
So I’m watching the Office now, and I see this crap all the time…His commercials are on TBS non-stop… The problem is that you have no context in which the show is supposed to work. So essentially we see him in front of a white screen. So we have no idea about what is going on.
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841/2 "2007-11-01T08:39:26Z")
I believe you mean [Frank TV](http://www.tbs.com/shows/franktv/).
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841/3 "2007-11-02T17:40:22Z")
Am I the only person who thought this was related to RyanAir?
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-tv/424841/4 "2007-11-03T05:59:23Z")
Yes, I suppose a mod could change it to FrankTV? I have no idea why I thought that I had that right. Anyway, I still don’t see how I am supposed to be enticed considering all of the ad saturation. All it has shown is him doing too-literal impersonations of famous people in front of a white screen.